408 Dairy METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, DECEMBER 19 —25, 1846. 
THERMOMETERS. WIND. 
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19 2 | 29-456 || 46-0} 45-1! 0-9] 0-6) 0-3) 18 |} 21:—:—|| 9-9 || Scud. 
4 452 || 45-9| 45-0] 0-9) 0-7) 0-5) 18 || 19:22:22) 9-0 || Loose driving seud; scud ; cirri and cirro-strati. 
6 || 427 || 45-0| 44-3| 0-7|| 1-1} 0-1} 20 10-0 || Seud. 
8 || 414 || 45-4] 44-4| 1-0|| 0-8) 0.3] 22 | 95 || Ia. 
10 407 || 45-7| 44-1| 1-6|| 0-8} 0-6| 23 | 5.0 Id. 
23 || 29-176 || 43-9} 41-5) 2-4)) 2-3) 1-0) 23 || 22:—:— | 6:0 || Scud. 
2018 | 28-851 | 39-8| 39-4) 0-4|| 2-2) 0.0) 2 10-0 || Seud; rain”? 
20 || 778 || 39-3} 39-0} 0-3}| 0:0) 0-0; 2 10-0 || Id.; rain? 
22 | 745 | 38-7| 38-4] 0-3) 0-1| 0-1] 6 || 4:—:—| 10-0 | Misty seud ; rain”? 
21 0} 708 || 41-8! 41-3] 0-5 || 0-1) 0-1] 20 10-0 || Thick cirro-stratus and cirrous haze. 
2 || 683 || 41-5| 41-0} 9-5|| 0-5| 0-3| 30 |/31:—:—J 10-0 || Scud; rain? 
4 || 690 || 40-3| 39-1| 1-2]) 0-4} 0-2| 28 | 0:—:—|\ 10-0 || Scud; cirro-stratus. 
6 || 689 || 38-0) 37-1| 0-9|| 0-7) 0-9) 28 10-0 || Scud and dense cirro-stratus. 
8 || 708 || 37-9} 36-8) 1-1]) 0-2) 0-1) 22 | 10-0 Id., breaking slightly to N. 
10 | 717 || 35-2) 34-6| 0-6) 0-1) 0-1] 21 | 7-5 || Cirro-stratus. 
18 || 28-788 || 34-4 33-5 | 0-9|) 0-1} 0-1) 26 | 10-0 || Scud and cirro-stratus. 
20 | 822 || 34-8| 34-1) 0-7]| 0-1] 0-1] 27 | 10-0 Id. 
22 848 || 34-5) 33-2] 1-31] 0-1) 0-1) 28 ||—: 0:— 9.0 || Cirro-cumulo-strati; cirro-stratous scud and cirro-strati. 
22 0 || 861 || 35-2] 33-6| 1-6|| 0-1] 0-1) 26 }—: 0:—| 9:9 | Cirro-stratous scud ; cirro-strati. 
2 | 861 || 37-0) 34-7) 2-3|| 0-2] 0-1| 28 | 28:28:—|| 9-5 || Scud and cirro-stratus. 
4 859 || 35-7] 33-8] 1-9]] 0-2) 0-1| 26 ||28:28:—]} 9.0 Id. 
6 | 847 || 33-9} 32-2] 1-7]| 0-1| 0-1] 28 8-0 || Seud and cirro-eumulo-strati. } 
8 820 || 33-3] 31-6} 1-7}| 0-1] 0-0) 12 | 3:0 Id. y 
10 801 || 33-3| 32-6) 0-7|| 0-1] 0-0) 26 | 10-0 || Scud and cirro-stratus. 
18 || 28-681 || 34-0] 32-8) 1-2|| 2-7) 0.9) 0 3-0 || Scud; snow on the ground. 
20 || 689 || 33-0} 32-6) 0-4|| 2-8) 2-1] O 10-0 || Snow’ 
22 748 || 35-3] 33-7| 1-6]) 3-7| 1-5] 2 10-0 || Scud; shower of snow. 
23 0 | 787 || 36-9) 33-4 3-5 || 2-4). 2.0] 2 || 2:—:—]| 10-0 Id. 
2 | 819 || 36-5| 33-0} 3-5]| 24] 1-6) 0 || 4:—:—}]| 10-0 Id. 
4 849 || 33-8| 33-2] 0-6]! 2-8) 2-7) 1 10-0 Id.; snow! 
6 || 870 || 33-4] 33-0| 0-4]) 3-4) 2-1] 0 10-0 || Heavy snow and sleet. 
8 || 899 || 33-9] 33-4] 0-5]| 4-4) 23) 2 10-0 || Continuous snow and sleet. 
10 || 949 || 33-2] 32-7) 0-5}) 2:9] 0-4] 2 10-0 Id. 
18 || 29-096 || 30-0} 28-0} 2-0]| 1-3] 0-2) 2 9-0 || Seud and cirro-strati. 
20 || 126 || 26-0) 25-3} 0-7]| 0-1) 0-0 6-0 || Cirro-cumulo-strati and woolly cirri. 
22 | 174 || 27-8| 26-6] 1-2|| 0-0] 0-0) 30 |) 4:—:— 6-0 || Seud, cumuli, and nimbi; cirro-strati. 
24 0 | 207 || 31-1} 30-0] 1-1)| 0-1) 0-1} 2 |) 4:— tea Id. 
2} 213 || 28-6} 27-6) 1-0]! 0-4] 0-3] 28 3-0 || Cumuli and nimbi; parhelion at 1". {0} 
4 || 221 |) 28-7| 27-5] 1-2} 0-5} 0-4) 28 2-0 Id. [the zenith from about N. ) 
6 | 251 || 27-1| 26-6} 0-5]| 0-4] 0-3} 30 3-0 || Cum. and seud on hor.; masses of clouds occasionally passing over 
8 274 || 23-7] 23-0} 0-7 || 0-2| 0-1] 20 0-5 || Clouds on horizon. ») 
10 |} 295 || 23-4) 22-5] 0-9) 0-2] O-1| 24 0-0 || Clear. yy 
18 || 29-438 || 29-9| 28-4] 1-5|) 1-0] 0-4] 31 4-0 || Scud. 
20 | 498 | 31-0| 29-6| 1-4}| 0-3) 0-2] 31 | 9-5 || Id.; snow? 
Oe 568 || 27-6| 26-2] 1-4]! 0-4) 0-3| 28 0:—:—| 4:0 || Seud and loose cumuli. 
25 0 | 636 || 29-2| 28-1} 1-1]| 0-7] 0-4] 28 | 2.0 || Cumulo-strati and nimbi on horizon. (0) 
2) 672 || 28-2} 26-7| 1-5|| 0-9] 0-4] 28 2.0 Td. {0} 
4 || 707 |) 28-3) 26-4) 1-9|| 0-4) 0-5| 28 || | 2-0 |j Id. ; haze round hor. 
6 743 || 31-0) 28-4} 2-6)) 0-6| 0.3) 28 1-0 || Masses of cirro-stratus to SE. ») 
8 792 || 31-3} 29-0] 2-3] 0-5' 0.3) 26 | 0.2 || Cirro-strati and haze on E. horizon. »)) 
10 832 || 31-4) 29-3| 2-1|| 0-6) 0-3} 28 || 0-3 || Sheets of thin cirro-strati and cirri. ») 
18 | 29-930 | 25-2] 24-6] 0-6|| 0-4|-0-0| 22 |, | 0-0 || Clear. 
20 | 29-925 || 32-4) 30-8) 1-6]| 0-3) 0.2| 22 | 0-2 || Girro-strati on E. horizon. 
22 || 30-010 || 34-8! 32-3] 2-5)} 0-3 | 0-3! 20 | 0-4 | Cirro-strati on N. horizon. (0) 
The direction of the wind is indicated by the number of the point of the compass, reckoning N. = 0, BE. = 8, Ss. = 16, W. = 24. Dhow 
mations of the three strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus), and Ci. (cirrus), are indicated in a similar manner. ie 
